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Comments on Ask MetaFilter post Yet another font identification questionMon, 25 Feb 2013 13:02:17 -0800Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:12:55 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60Question: Yet another font identification questionhttp://ask.metafilter.com/236011/Yet-another-font-identification-question
I tried this on both WhatTheFont and Identifont, but I've only got the three letters to go on so I wasn't surprised when neither had an answer. But maybe the designers of MetaFilter can help! Please ID <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8575277@N02/8507319479/">this font</a>.post:ask.metafilter.com,2013:site.236011Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:02:17 -0800bricoleurfontitalicscriptBy: bcwintershttp://ask.metafilter.com/236011/Yet-another-font-identification-question#3420062
<a href="http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/adobe/alexa/regular/">Adobe Alexa</a> looks like a match on the R and the O, but it has an I without any serifs. Could this be a logo that was tweaked by a designer?comment:ask.metafilter.com,2013:site.236011-3420062Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:12:55 -0800bcwintersBy: bricoleurhttp://ask.metafilter.com/236011/Yet-another-font-identification-question#3420108
Thanks, bcwinters, that's definitely it. Yes, it's a logo, and no doubt someone thought the serif-less "I" was too spare. <br>
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If you don't mind my asking, how did you manage to ID it with so little to go on?comment:ask.metafilter.com,2013:site.236011-3420108Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:50:47 -0800bricoleurBy: bcwintershttp://ask.metafilter.com/236011/Yet-another-font-identification-question#3420174
I ran it through WhatTheFont even though you said you had already tried that, mostly because I thought I recognized it from some old Adobe collection and WTF includes all of those (generally). Not sure why you didn't get a match, though.comment:ask.metafilter.com,2013:site.236011-3420174Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:48:05 -0800bcwintersBy: bricoleurhttp://ask.metafilter.com/236011/Yet-another-font-identification-question#3420270
Aha. I think my mistake was when it split the R into two glyphs, I ignored the R because I didn't see any way to tell the app that it should be all one glyph. But putting 'R' in both boxes seemed to do the trick. (I'm assuming that's what you did, as I don't see any other possible variations...) Thanks again!comment:ask.metafilter.com,2013:site.236011-3420270Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:40:05 -0800bricoleurBy: bcwintershttp://ask.metafilter.com/236011/Yet-another-font-identification-question#3420271
Pro tip! If you drag one half of a divided glyph onto the other half, it will combine them into one, and then you can get a match on that glyph. This comes up a lot with the dot on a lowercase "i" for instance.comment:ask.metafilter.com,2013:site.236011-3420271Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:42:06 -0800bcwinters